Fringe benefit of periods of abstinence: your alcohol tolerance tends to fall off, so you can drink less and enjoy the psychological benefits (i.e. relaxation and pain relief) more efficiently. Of course, you have to plan for that or you get a big nasty surprise on your first guzzling. As someone who suffers from fast-escalating tolerance, I find it useful to engage in extended periods of abstinence for that purpose specifically.

In case you didn't realize it, I DO have a sense of humor. How about you?"I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer... I will face my fear. I will let it pass over and through me, and when it has gone, only I will remain." --The Bene Gesserit"Time is a spiral. Space is a curve. I know you get dizzy, but try not to lose your nerve." -- Neil Peart"I'm not in the ship. I am the ship." -- River Tam"The truth is simple. It's the lies that get complicated." -- me"No matter where you go, there you are." --Buckaroo Banzai

My colleague has been seeing his doctor because he has High Blood Pressure. They had a chat about alcohol consumption and my pal mentioned he likes a drop of whisky...the doc said that he goes through two bottles of whisky a week!!!!

That's the sort of doctor you want.

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.

Davros, Attorney and Pieces of LawKeeping up appearances is a very important activity in religion; in fact, maintaining tattered illusions is its main activity. - Richard Wade, on Friendlyatheist.comWe make an idol of our fear and call it God. -Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal

A couple bottles a week? That's about 2 proper drinks a day. I'd call that therapeutic.

In case you didn't realize it, I DO have a sense of humor. How about you?"I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer... I will face my fear. I will let it pass over and through me, and when it has gone, only I will remain." --The Bene Gesserit"Time is a spiral. Space is a curve. I know you get dizzy, but try not to lose your nerve." -- Neil Peart"I'm not in the ship. I am the ship." -- River Tam"The truth is simple. It's the lies that get complicated." -- me"No matter where you go, there you are." --Buckaroo Banzai

Glenlivit is okay. It's like a half-castrated Glenfiddich, taste-wise. Easygoing, I would call it. Soft-ish for a scotch. I haven't had any for years, so I'll take corrections from those who have had it more recently.

BY THE WAY I went ahead and started the "Beer Volcano" thread in "Rant, Rave, and Misbehave" section, where kids will theoretically not be reading it and getting any explosive ideas. I'll put my basic mead procedure in there next. All lovers of the Beer Volcano are welcome to join in on the fun.

Arkaeon wrote:Glenlivit is okay. It's like a half-castrated Glenfiddich, taste-wise. Easygoing, I would call it. Soft-ish for a scotch. I haven't had any for years, so I'll take corrections from those who have had it more recently.

Ah, never mind then. I like my whisky to have quite a bit of bite, I have cider for other situations.

Arkaeon wrote:BY THE WAY I went ahead and started the "Beer Volcano" thread in "Rant, Rave, and Misbehave" section, where kids will theoretically not be reading it and getting any explosive ideas. I'll put my basic mead procedure in there next. All lovers of the Beer Volcano are welcome to join in on the fun.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything - Friedrich Nietzsche

The great thing about Beaker is his ability to provoke while still being decorous, or at least within acceptable rules of conduct - Qwertyuiopasd

Jura is interesting. It's not offensive in any way but I can't seem to think of anything good to say about it. I'm glad I got it relatively cheap but I'd rather save a tenner a bottle and just drink Famous Grouse.

The bottle's nice though

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything - Friedrich Nietzsche

The great thing about Beaker is his ability to provoke while still being decorous, or at least within acceptable rules of conduct - Qwertyuiopasd

Mrs. H. likes Jura. Very smooth and mellow. I prefer something a bit more smokey and peaty, although not as bonkers smokey and peaty as some of the big Islays. Look at the map and Islay and Jura are right next door to each other, their geography is similar; yet their whisky styles are completely at odds with each other.

Finished the Christmas Highland Park a wee while back, next up will be something lowland, I think. Maybe a Glengoyne. I used to go and pick magic mushrooms from the field next to the Glengoyne distillery...

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.